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Websitestudivz.net
CategoryNetwork/Hosting
Phone+49 (0)30 - 280 974 31
Email
Employees215
Founded10/05

Offices

Berlin, DEU
Saarbrücker Strasse 38
Berlin, 10405, DEU

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VP International Markets
Founder and CTO
COO
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socialnetwork, germany, berlin, holtzbrinck

StudiVZ

Studivz.net is very similar to Facebook, but primarily focuses on the German speaking market. The company was sold to Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH, a German publishing group, for €85 million in January 2007.

Other investors of Studivz include the Samwer brothers, founders of ringtone company Jamba (sold for $270M) and Alando (sold to eBay for $43M in 1999).

As of July 2008, StudiVZ has 9 million active Users in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The Users are on three Socialnetworks: StudiVZ (4.1M Users) SchülerVZ (4.9M Users) and MeinVZ (1.8M Users)

Milestones

  • StudiVZ — Sued by Facebook for intellectual property infringement and accused of accused of running a “knock-off” of the social networking website. (7/18/08)
    Posted 7/20/08 at 11:47am
  • StudiVZ — Start of MeinVZ (2/28/08)
    Posted 7/20/08 at 1:08pm
  • StudiVZ — StudiVZ started SchülerVZ, a Socialnetwork for Highschool Students. (2/21/07)
    Posted 7/20/08 at 1:06pm
  • StudiVZ — Acquired by investor Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH, a German publishing group, for €100 million (1/3/07)
    Posted 7/20/08 at 11:48am
  • Marcus Riecke, CEO added.
    Posted 7/20/08 at 12:59pm
  • Taylor Mingos, Marketing added.
    Posted 10/19/08 at 9:16pm
  • Oliver Skopec, Head of SchülerVZ added.
    Posted 7/20/08 at 12:59pm
  • Ehssan Dariani, Founder added.
    Posted 7/20/08 at 12:59pm
  • Markus Berger-de León, CEO added.
    Posted 5/25/09 at 1:49pm
  • Michael Brehm, COO added.
    Posted 7/19/08 at 1:14am
  • Dennis Bemmann, Founder and CTO added.
    Posted 7/19/08 at 1:14am
  • Tobias Walter, VP International Markets added.
    Posted 4/13/08 at 10:37am
  • Received in Seed funding.
    Posted 3/7/09 at 9:53am
  • Clemens Riedl, CEO added.
    Posted 5/25/09 at 1:49pm
  • Thomas Baum, CFO added.
    Posted 5/25/09 at 1:49pm
  • Malte Cherdron, COO added.
    Posted 5/25/09 at 1:49pm
  • Jodok Batlogg, CTO added.
    Posted 5/25/09 at 1:49pm

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MeinVZ

Websitemeinvz.net
StageLive
Launch DateFebruary 27, 2008
StudiVZ screenshot
Above: Personal Profile
Uploaded: 12/2/08

SchülerVZ

Websiteschuelervz.net
StageLive
Launch DateFebruary 28, 2007

SchülerVZ is a Socialnetwork for German Highschool students with 5 Million active users (56% of all German Highschool students have a Profile)

StudiVZ

Websitestudivz.net
StageLive
StudiVZ screenshot
Above: StudiVZ Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 7/20/08

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia (de.wikipedia.org) [edit]
  2. techcrunch.com [edit]
  3. techcrunch.com [edit]
  4. studiVZ (static.pe.schuelervz.net) [edit]
  5. mehrblog.net (mehrblog.net) [edit]

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